Four-horse evener



(No Model.) 4 v W. D. SAUER.

FOUR HORSE EVENER.

No. 380,522x Patented Apr. '3, 1888.

UNITED STATES PATENT Ormea.

WILLIAM DANIEL SAUER, OF ASHTON, IOWA.

FOUR-HORSE EVENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 380,522. dated April 3, 1888.

Application led November 2l, 1887. Serial No. 255,765. (N0 model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it'known that l, WILLIAM DANIEL SAUER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Ashton, in the county of Osceola and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Four-Horse Eveners; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part 'of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is aA perspective view of my new and improved four-hrse evener. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of thesame. Fig. 3 is a detail View of the braced arm and that part of the 4tongue to which it is secured, and Fig. 4 is a detail view of that end of the cross-har to which the stirrup is secured.

The same numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

My invention consists in a new and improved four-horse evener which is designed foruse on self-binding reapers, and my invent-ion willbe hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Referring to the several parts by their designating numerals, l indicates the tongue of a seit-binding reaper to which my four-horse evener is shown secured in its operative position.

2 indicatesastationary arm,whichis secured at its inner end upon the tongue at a proper distance from the rear end of the same, extending out to the righthand side, and being firmly braced by the lower inclined brace, 3, and the rear inclined brace-rod, 4, as shown. Upon the outerend of this stationary arm is pivotally secured the cross-bar 5,which is centrally pivoted by the vertical pivotbolt 6,which passes down through the center of the cross-bar and through the outer end portion of thestationary arm, a washer, 7, being placed upon the pivotbolt between the cross-bar and the arm to raise the bar and thus greatly reduce friction.

Upon the left-hand end of the cross-bar is bolted a stirrup, 8, between the front ends, 9 9, of which is centrally pivoted a doubletree, l0, having pivotally secured to its ends by the links l1 ll the singletrees l2 12a. To the rear projecting part of this stirrup is secured one end of a rope or cable, 13, which then extends back and around a grooved pulley, lil, which is journaled in a bracket, l5, on the rear end of the tongue. The rope, after passing back around this rear grooved pulley, la, runs forward to the other end ofthe cross-bar 5. This other end or right-hand end of the crossbar is formed with the longitudinal horizontal slot 16, in the inner end portion of which is journaled on a vertical pivot a grooved pulley,l7. The right-hand end portion of the cable or rope passes forward through this slot, so as to run in the grooved pulley 17, and has secured to its forward end a clip or stirrup, 18, the eyed ends of which are bolted to the center of a doubletree, 19, to the ends of which are pivotally secured by the links 20 the singletrees 2l 2l.

Now it will be seen that the severalparts are so arranged that when the four horses are attached to the singletrees three of the horses will be on the right-hand side of the tongue,- the horse attached to the singletree l2a at the left-hand end of the cross-bar being on the right-hand side of the tongue.

It will be seen that by the use of my new and improved evener four horses can be driven abreast at the tongue of a self-binding reaper, and that three of the four will be on the righthand side of the tongue, which is absolutely necessary in using four horses abreast to a reaper.

It will be seen that by securing one pair of horses to the end of the cross bar and running the rope from that end of the bar around the rear pulley, through a slot in the other end of the bar, and securing the other team or pair of horses directly to that end of the rope, the horses will all work or pull from the rear pulley near the binder, and as the cross-bar is centrally pivoted the strain will always be equally distributed between. the horses, no matter if one team gets ahead of the other.

-They will always have to pull the same, and

there will be no side draft.

From the foregoing descriptiomtalren in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction, operation, and advantages of my invention will be readily understood. It will be seen that my new and improved evener for four horses is simple and strong in construction, and can b'e manufactured at a comparatively smail cost,while it is exceedingly effective in its operation. can be Worked abreast to the tongue of a selfbinding reaper, and three of the four `will be on the one-the right-hand-side ofthe tongue, and the draft will be equally distributed at all times.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. The combination, with the tongue of a reaper, of the stationary arm, the cross-bar centrally pivoted to the outer end of the said arm and having a grooved pulleyjournaled in a slot in its right-hand end, a doubletree attached to the left-hand end ol' the cross-bar and having the singletrees,the grooved pulley secured upon the rear ofthe tongue,and a rope secured at one end to the left-hand end of the cross-bar,passing around the rear grooved pulley uponsthe tongue,throughthe slotted rightliand end of the said bar, and having attached to its right-hand end a doubletree provided with two singletrees.

2. The combination, -with the tongue of a reaper, of a stationary arm, the oentrally-piv By its use four horses oted cross-bar having a stirrup secured lto its left-hand end and having a grooved pulley journaled in a slot in its right-hand end, the grooved pulley pivoted upon the rear of the tongue, the rope arranged as described, and the right-hand double and single trees.

3. The combination, with the tongue of a reaper, of the stationary arm and the braces for the same, the centrally-pivotedl cross-bar havingthe stirrup secured to its left-hand end and having a grooved pulley j ournaled in a slot in its right-handend, the grooved pulley journaled upon the rear `end of the tongue, the rope arranged as described, and the doubletrees having the singletrees secured by the links to their ends, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM DANIEL SAUER.

Witnesses:

IsAAe T. QUINN, F. L. OLooTT. 

